Black Clay Poetry/Pottery

An interactive session conducted by Dak_ti Craft with Milda Shylla and Yophie Shylla

Conceptualised by Rida Gatphoh

 

The Other Silk Route: Spookery, Trade and the Great Game

The ‘Old Silk Route’ or the ‘Other Silk Road’, which passes through east Sikkim, is part of an ancient network of trade routes, which for centuries, served as a lifeline connection between China and India. But besides trade, this ancient trading route became the most critical passage for espionage by the great powers

 

Panelists: Siddiq Wahid, Author & Historian; Diki Sherpa, Researcher; and Prof. Parimal Bhattacharya, Author and Teacher

Moderator: Dr. Gitanjali Surendran, Historian

 

The Game of Thrones: China-Burma-India Campaign of WW II

The jungle war that was the China-Burma-India campaign of the Second World War was the most unconventional, colourful and dramatic of battles. Marked by internecine squabbles and political intrigues, and coupled with enormous stakes, neither the Allies nor the Axis powers were willing to let go of this front. From the heroic transport flights over the “Hump” of the Himalayas to drop supplies to the Chinese resistance to the most prodigious engineering feats of the Manipur and Ledo Roads, this battle was amongst the fiercest and demanded ingenuity at all levels. Who were these mavericks and why were the powers so desperate to control this front? What was really at stake in this, till recently, little acknowledged and yet critical, theatre of war 

 

Panelists: Kai Friese, Journalist; Hemant Katoch, Author and Researcher; and Catriona Child, Writer

Moderator: Prof. Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Author and Journalist

 

My Name is Eeooow (Meghalaya)

(52 min; 2016; dvd; English)

Directed by Oinam Doren who will introduce the film

 

Imagine a village where you sing every time you call someone's name

 

Concert by Mi Ku, a contemporary folk ensemble from Nepal

 

With Pushpa Palanchoke, vocals; Kobid Bazra, sarangi; Samyog Regmi, guitar; Riken Maharjan, abss; Bikesh Bazra, nagara; Merit Maharjan, percussions; Prabin Maharjan, drums; and Sangam Panta, sound